Pa. man guilty in plot to blow up pipelines

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A man who claimed he had been trying to root out terrorists on the Internet was convicted yesterday of plotting to help a supposed al-Qaida operative blow up U.S. oil pipelines and refineries.

A federal jury took only 90 minutes to convict Michael C. Reynolds, 49, of providing material support to terrorists and other charges.

Mr. Reynolds was arrested in December 2005 after authorities said he tried to meet a purported al-Qaida contact about 25 miles from a motel in Pocatello, Idaho, where he had been staying. The contact turned out to be Shannen Rossmiller, a judge from Conrad, Mont., who was working for the FBI.

Prosecutors said Mr. Reynolds wanted to work with al-Qaida to target the Williams natural gas refinery in Opal, Wyo.; the Transcontinental Pipeline, a natural-gas pipeline that runs from the Gulf Coast through Pennsylvania to New York and New Jersey; and a Standard Oil refinery in Perth Amboy, N.J., that no longer exists.



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07195/801646-85.stm

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Anyone hear of this case? First I heard of it. Was it cause an American non-Middle-Easterner was involved?

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Just another do-gooder Freeper...

Too bad. So Sad. :sarcasm:

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Proves one thing, these bastards have nothing better to do than entrap

other dumb bastards. It's a perfect circle.